Elham Community Trust

Analysis

Elham Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canterbury. It was registered in November 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Elham Community Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £7,662, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £11k to £13k (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Elham Community Trust sits at the 19th percentile: it is larger than about 19% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sceaux Gardens Tenants Association (£13k), Kate Hargrave Almshouses (£13k) and King George V Jubilee Memorial Homes (£13k).